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June 5, 2014

Relatives of U.S. Drone Strike Victims Won't Appeal Court Ruling 
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The relatives of three Americans killed in U.S. drone strikes in Yemen
without trial say they would not appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit
against Obama administration officials. The families of Muslim cleric
Anwar al-Awlaki, his teenage son, Abdulrahman, and of Samir Khan had
filed the suit accusing top U.S. officials of unlawful killings. But in
April, a federal judge ruled the victims’ constitutional rights were
never violated, and said the U.S. officials involved cannot be held
liable. In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the
American Civil Liberties Union said: "The U.S. government killed three
Americans without due process. Getting answers in court should not be
too much to ask in a democracy, but our system of checks and balances
failed these families."

 

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